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Lessie

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94% girls / 6% boys

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Classic name

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Lessie peaked in 1916, when 1 baby in 5,064 was given the name. Few fads, plenty of staying power: it appears in 126 years out of 146. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.
14,073births since 1880
1910sgeneration
No. 309rank at its peak, in 1916

Where babies named Lessie are born

1916

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The darker the blue, the more common Lessie is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Lessie is most common in Mississippi (6.5 times), North Carolina (5.6) and South Carolina (5.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

DecadeGirlsBoys
1880s99%1%
1890s100%0%
1900s98%2%
1910s95%5%
1920s93%7%
1930s91%9%
1940s89%11%
1950s90%10%
1960s90%10%
1970s89%11%
1980s97%3%
1990s100%0%
2000s100%0%
2020s100%0%